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Kimberly Calderwood1, Jonathan Degenhardt
1School of Social Work, University of Windsor, Windsor, Ontario, Canada. kcalder@uwindsor.ca
Abstract:
This ethnographic study describes the results of a collaborative journaling process that occurred between a student and his instructor of a second-year social work communications course. Many questions from the student's and the instructor's perspectives are raised regarding accommodating the student with a severe speech impairment in a course that specifically focuses on communication skills. Preliminary recommendations are made for social work students and professionals with communication limitations, and for social work educators.
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